diff --git a/avaje-jex-freemarker/pom.xml b/avaje-jex-freemarker/pom.xml
index 50c60dab..1ca43997 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-freemarker/pom.xml
+++ b/avaje-jex-freemarker/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.13.4.2</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/avaje-jex-grizzly/pom.xml b/avaje-jex-grizzly/pom.xml
index 3dd17bc1..1a6c31ff 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-grizzly/pom.xml
+++ b/avaje-jex-grizzly/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/avaje-jex-grizzly/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/grizzly/TestPair.java b/avaje-jex-grizzly/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/grizzly/TestPair.java
index 4fbdf6c4..41bc5a01 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-grizzly/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/grizzly/TestPair.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-grizzly/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/grizzly/TestPair.java
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.grizzly;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientRequest;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
 
-import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import static java.net.http.HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1;
+
 /**
  * Server and Client pair for a test.
  */
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ public class TestPair {
 
   private final Jex.Server server;
 
-  private final HttpClientContext client;
+  private final HttpClient client;
 
-  public TestPair(int port, Jex.Server server, HttpClientContext client) {
+  public TestPair(int port, Jex.Server server, HttpClient client) {
     this.port = port;
     this.server = server;
     this.client = client;
@@ -53,10 +54,10 @@ public static TestPair create(Jex app, int port) {
     var jexServer = app.port(port).start();
 
     var url = "http://localhost:" + port;
-    var client = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    var client = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl(url)
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
-      .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
+      .version(HTTP_1_1)
       .build();
 
     return new TestPair(port, jexServer, client);
diff --git a/avaje-jex-jdk/pom.xml b/avaje-jex-jdk/pom.xml
index 8c08f563..6bea9546 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-jdk/pom.xml
+++ b/avaje-jex-jdk/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HeadersTest.java b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HeadersTest.java
index 83e9738c..263452e9 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HeadersTest.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HeadersTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.jdk;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class HeadersTest {
 
   static final int port = new Random().nextInt(1000) + 10_000;
   static Jex.Server server;
-  static HttpClientContext client;
+  static HttpClient client;
 
   @BeforeAll
   static void setup() {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void setup() {
       .port(port)
       .start();
 
-    client = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    client = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl("http://localhost:"+port)
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
       .build();
diff --git a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HealthPluginTest.java b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HealthPluginTest.java
index ad47a08f..4dcbb4d5 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HealthPluginTest.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/HealthPluginTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.jdk;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
 import io.avaje.jex.AppLifecycle;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
-import io.avaje.jex.core.HealthPlugin;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ class HealthPluginTest {
   static final int port = new Random().nextInt(1000) + 10_000;
   static Jex jex;
   static Jex.Server server;
-  static HttpClientContext client;
+  static HttpClient client;
 
   @BeforeAll
   static void setup() {
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ static void setup() {
       .port(port);
 
     server =  jex.start();
-    client = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    client = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl("http://localhost:"+port)
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
       .build();
diff --git a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/JdkJexServerTest.java b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/JdkJexServerTest.java
index 085e5f69..f284afcf 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/JdkJexServerTest.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/JdkJexServerTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.jdk;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void init() {
       .port(8093)
       .start();
 
-    final HttpClientContext client = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    final HttpClient client = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl("http://localhost:8093")
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
       .build();
diff --git a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/TestPair.java b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/TestPair.java
index 9bac68c2..3b9171f4 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/TestPair.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-jdk/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/jdk/TestPair.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.jdk;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientRequest;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ public class TestPair {
 
   private final Jex.Server server;
 
-  private final HttpClientContext client;
+  private final HttpClient client;
 
-  public TestPair(int port, Jex.Server server, HttpClientContext client) {
+  public TestPair(int port, Jex.Server server, HttpClient client) {
     this.port = port;
     this.server = server;
     this.client = client;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public static TestPair create(Jex app, int port) {
     var jexServer = app.port(port).start();
 
     var url = "http://localhost:" + port;
-    var client = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    var client = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl(url)
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
       .requestTimeout(Duration.ofMinutes(2))
diff --git a/avaje-jex-mustache/pom.xml b/avaje-jex-mustache/pom.xml
index e15b24fc..79640dd3 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-mustache/pom.xml
+++ b/avaje-jex-mustache/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/avaje-jex-test/pom.xml b/avaje-jex-test/pom.xml
index 65a05769..a5a079c8 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-test/pom.xml
+++ b/avaje-jex-test/pom.xml
@@ -21,28 +21,28 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.36</version>
+      <version>2.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- dependency injection component testing -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-inject-test</artifactId>
-      <version>9.0</version>
+      <version>9.9</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-jsonb</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.9</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/JexInjectPlugin.java b/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/JexInjectPlugin.java
index 22b80984..9bf7e0d4 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/JexInjectPlugin.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/JexInjectPlugin.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.test;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.inject.BeanScope;
 import io.avaje.inject.test.Plugin;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public final class JexInjectPlugin implements Plugin {
    */
   @Override
   public boolean forType(Class<?> type) {
-    return HttpClientContext.class.equals(type) || isHttpClientApi(type);
+    return HttpClient.class.equals(type) || isHttpClientApi(type);
   }
 
   private boolean isHttpClientApi(Class<?> type) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public Scope createScope(BeanScope beanScope) {
   private static class LocalScope implements Plugin.Scope {
 
     private final Jex.Server server;
-    private final HttpClientContext httpClient;
+    private final HttpClient httpClient;
 
     LocalScope(BeanScope beanScope) {
       Jex jex = beanScope.getOptional(Jex.class)
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ private static class LocalScope implements Plugin.Scope {
       // get a HttpClientContext.Builder provided by dependency injection test scope or new one up
       this.server = jex.start();
       int port = server.port();
-      this.httpClient = beanScope.getOptional(HttpClientContext.Builder.class)
-        .orElse(HttpClientContext.builder())
+      this.httpClient = beanScope.getOptional(HttpClient.Builder.class)
+        .orElse(HttpClient.builder())
         .configureWith(beanScope)
         .baseUrl("http://localhost:" + port)
         .build();
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private static class LocalScope implements Plugin.Scope {
 
     @Override
     public Object create(Class<?> type) {
-      if (HttpClientContext.class.equals(type)) {
+      if (HttpClient.class.equals(type)) {
         return httpClient;
       }
       return apiClient(type);
diff --git a/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/TestPair.java b/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/TestPair.java
index 09c25612..f40f63cc 100644
--- a/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/TestPair.java
+++ b/avaje-jex-test/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/test/TestPair.java
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.test;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientRequest;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
-import io.avaje.http.client.RequestLogger;
 import io.avaje.jex.Jex;
 
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -18,9 +16,9 @@ public class TestPair {
 
   private final Jex.Server server;
 
-  private final HttpClientContext client;
+  private final HttpClient client;
 
-  public TestPair(int port, Jex.Server server, HttpClientContext client) {
+  public TestPair(int port, Jex.Server server, HttpClient client) {
     this.port = port;
     this.server = server;
     this.client = client;
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ public static TestPair create(Jex app) {
     var jexServer = app.port(port).start();
 
     var url = "http://localhost:" + port;
-    var client = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    var client = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl(url)
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
       .build();
diff --git a/avaje-jex/pom.xml b/avaje-jex/pom.xml
index c9e88777..d90aea85 100644
--- a/avaje-jex/pom.xml
+++ b/avaje-jex/pom.xml
@@ -24,28 +24,28 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-config</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1</version>
+      <version>3.9</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-inject</artifactId>
-      <version>9.0</version>
+      <version>9.9</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-jsonb</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.9</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <argLine>
-            --add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.base=com.fasterxml.jackson.databind
-            --add-modules com.fasterxml.jackson.databind
-            --add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.base=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.core=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.routes=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.jetty=ALL-UNNAMED
-          </argLine>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
+<!--      <plugin>-->
+<!--        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>-->
+<!--        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>-->
+<!--        <configuration>-->
+<!--          <argLine>-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.base=com.fasterxml.jackson.databind-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-modules com.fasterxml.jackson.databind-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex=ALL-UNNAMED-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.base=ALL-UNNAMED-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.core=ALL-UNNAMED-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.routes=ALL-UNNAMED-->
+<!--            &#45;&#45;add-opens io.avaje.jex/io.avaje.jex.jetty=ALL-UNNAMED-->
+<!--          </argLine>-->
+<!--        </configuration>-->
+<!--      </plugin>-->
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/examples/example-grizzly/pom.xml b/examples/example-grizzly/pom.xml
index 56fa3f77..6fd7a8c7 100644
--- a/examples/example-grizzly/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/example-grizzly/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <java.release>11</java.release>
+    <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -29,13 +30,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.36</version>
+      <version>2.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/example-grizzly/src/test/java/org/example/ClientMain.java b/examples/example-grizzly/src/test/java/org/example/ClientMain.java
index 28ad4ca4..e821f116 100644
--- a/examples/example-grizzly/src/test/java/org/example/ClientMain.java
+++ b/examples/example-grizzly/src/test/java/org/example/ClientMain.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package org.example;
 
-import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientContext;
+import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.JacksonBodyAdapter;
 
-import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpHeaders;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 
@@ -11,10 +10,10 @@ public class ClientMain {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
-    final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.builder()
+    final HttpClient ctx = HttpClient.builder()
       .baseUrl("http://localhost:7003")
       .bodyAdapter(new JacksonBodyAdapter())
-      .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
+      .version(java.net.http.HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
       .build();
 
     final HttpResponse<String> res = ctx.request()
diff --git a/examples/example-katie/pom.xml b/examples/example-katie/pom.xml
index 949a89e3..49689368 100644
--- a/examples/example-katie/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/example-katie/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.36</version>
+      <version>2.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 901d68e4..9b17193c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>java11-oss</artifactId>
-    <version>3.9</version>
+    <version>3.12</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>true</nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>
+    <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
+    <surefire.useModulePath>false</surefire.useModulePath>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
@@ -38,14 +40,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
+      <version>1.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.36</version>
+      <version>2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>